Medical Massage for Diabetes We need your support for the delivery of diabetes-specific massage and bodywork for underserved people in rural indigenous communities
Diabetes Type 2 is a very common chronic disease in Mexico, including the rural Municipality of Cabo Corrientes and in urban areas of Puerto Vallarta
Massage therapy has a long history of practice in rural and urban areas of Mexico. Local healers are called sobadores and in the last 30 years therapeutic massage has grown in availability particularly in urban areas as it has decreased in rural areas. However therapeutic or medical massage for diabetes and its sequelae is non-existent in this region except as delivered by the work of Dr. Korn and the therapists of the Center for Traditional Medicine (CTM) over the last 40 years.
This project strengthens the outreach and trains additional therapists to deliver more massage therapy for diabetes to underserved people in urban and rural indigenous areas.
Free resources
Gifts to you from our non-profit, Center for Traditional Medicine
Preventing and Treating Diabetes Type 2 Naturally
Your Comprehensive Guide to Food, Herbs, Supplements, Recipes, Energy Medicine, Massage and Exercise
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Infographic Poster: Diabetes Prevention Principles
Download and print this infographic (poster size) and post on your fridge or on your clinic wall. Feel free to share with your clients as an educational tool.
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Free Online Course: Preventing and Treating Diabetes Type 2, Naturally
Reverse or improve diabetes by using natural medicines including foods, herbs and self-care methods that improve your quality of life, reduce pain, increase energy and alleviate depression.
Use the coupon code MASSAGE to get the course for free.
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Free Treatments
Five massage therapists will provide free treatments and self care education for twelve months for over 40 individuals
Self-Care Education
Provide self-care education and exercises for each client and family members
Raise awareness in our community
Educate the general public and health professionals about the benefits of massage therapy for Diabetes Type 2
The Faces of Diabetes Project
Each participant receives a professional portrait as a gift of pride. The Faces of Diabetes is another aspect of our project designed to raise public awareness about the beauty and spirit of people affected by this disease.
Thank you to the gifted photographer Alma Méndez.
Therapists with healing hands
Our goal is also to provide training, at no charge, to massage therapists in the region who wish to incorporate these techniques into their skill set and also enhance their own careers.
Lead Therapist
We need your support for the delivery of diabetes-specific massage and bodywork for underserved people in rural indigenous communities
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This proposal builds upon a generous grant provided by the Massage Therapy Foundation to CTM/CWIS in 2010 and is supported financially and administratively by the Center for Traditional Medicine operating under the fiscal sponsorship of the Center for World Indigenous Studies, a Native led organization registered with the US Internal Revenue Service as a nonprofit 501 (c) 3 since 1984 with the Federal ID number 91-1247029.)
Thank you for your invaluable support
Our “village” of support is growing and we are grateful.
Will you join our donors list?
- Massage Therapy Foundation
- Kai Doyle
- Bonnie Jauregui
- María Santander
- Centro de Salud El Tuito, Cabo Corrientes, Jalisco.
